FBC Singapore Board

On 6 March 2018 the Finnish Business Council Singapore held its Annual General Meeting, where its new FBC Board was elected as follows:

Chairman Mr Janne Lautanala (Wärtsilä)

Deputy Chairman Ms Riikka Loisamo (Yuen Law)

Treasurer Ms Kirsi Heikkilä-Zenone (AaltoEE)

Secretary Mr Waltter Kulvik (Individual member)

Member Ms Anna Ratala (PineCone A.R.)

Alternate member Mr Juha Hautala (KONE)

Alternate member Mr John Fong (S P Jain School)

Alternate member Ms Leena Ollitervo (Nokia)

Alternate member Mr Corrado Lillelund Forcellati (Nordea)

FBC BOARD

JANNE LAUTANALA, CHAIRMAN

Janne Lautanala is an accomplished digital business leader with more than 20 years of professional experience. Throughout his career, Janne has successfully established and grown businesses, delivered projects and established operational capabilities in Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions.

RIIKKA LOISAMO, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

Riikka Loisamo (M.Sc. Economics Aalto University and LL.M. National University of Singapore)

Having worked with companies like Nordea, Slush and Yuen Law, Riikka has experience in international banking, funding of startup companies and setting up operations in Singapore. She has been living in Singapore for the past seven years and is a Singapore PR.

KIRSI HEIKKILÄ-ZENONE, TREASURER

WALTTER KULVIK, SECRETARY

ANNA RATALA, MEMBER

”I’m a driven entrepreneur and tech enthusiast, currently leading one of the region’s biggest tech startup events, Slush Singapore. In the 7 years living in Singapore I have worked in technology and sales, done my Executive MBA and created networks across Southeast Asia. Besides tech and startups, I love traveling, sports and meeting new people. I’m excited to continue on the board of Finnish Business Council for the third year and serve our members even better!”

CORRADO LILLELUND FORCELLATI

Highly self-motivated and adaptable person used to work in very diverse and challenging environments and constellations, thereby gaining a brought international banking experience, with strong focus on general management, compliance, business and product development.

For more than 11 years based in Asia – Shanghai and Singapore – being responsible for Nordea’s wholesale banking activities in Mainland in China up to 2014 and Singapore/South East Asia since then.

JUHA HAUTALA

Juha is a corporate lawyer from Finland and has been based in Singapore since 2014. Juha is supporting KONE’s operations in Asia Pacific as part of the regional team, with a particular focus on Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Outside the office he tries to spend most of his time on waves around the region.

LEENA OLLITERVO

DR JOHN FONG

Dr John Fong is the CEO of S P Jain School of Global Management in Singapore which has its Global MBA program ranked by Forbes to be amongst the Top 20 in the world. His experience is diverse, having lived and worked in Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and the USA, where he has specialised in a variety of fields such as hospitality & tourism, business development, international relations and education. He is the immediate Past President of the European Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (EuroCHRIE) and an elected Board Director of The International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE) and a Board member of the Finnish Business Council in Singapore.